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LINCOLN COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH CHILD MOLESTATION AND SODOMY

On May 1, 2017, detectives with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office began investigating a sexual offense of a female child less than 14-years-old. During a forensic interview, investigators learned 60-year-old Ted Leon Summers Sr., of Lincoln County, had sexual contact with a female under the age of 14-years-old several times between 2014 and 2015.

The crimes occurred along the 4000 block of Highway 47, in Lincoln County.

Summers is charged with two counts of Felony Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree with a child under the age of 14-years-old and two-counts of Felony Child Molestation in the First Degree. Summers is currently housed in the Lincoln County Jail under a $75,000 cash only bond with no contact with the victim, no unsupervised contact with persons under the age of 18-years-old and GPS monitoring upon release. Other conditions of bond may apply.

History of LCSO

Lincoln County was founded on December 14, 1818 and named for Benjamin Lincoln, a Major General during the American Revolutionary War. Lincoln County is one of 114 counties in the state of Missouri. Lincoln County has approximately 630 square miles of land and 10 square miles of water. We are bordered by Pike County to the north, St. Charles County to the southeast, Warren County to the southwest, Montgomery County to the west and our eastern border is the Mississippi River. Continue Reading >